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Lesson 1 (from Prologue – Chapter 2)
Objective
City of Ashes is the second novel in Cassandra Clare’s urban fantasy young-adult series, The Mortal Instruments. Set in an underworld of Shadowhunters, vampires, werewolves, faeries, and innumerable demons in New York, the novel follows protagonist Clarissa "Clary" Adele Fray after her discovery that she is a Shadowhunter. Objectives for this lesson include researching Cassandra Clare and the previous book in the series, City of Bones, and analyzing the setting and narrative style of the Prologue, “Smoke and Diamonds.”
Lesson
Research Activity: Conduct research on the author and the Mortal Instruments series of books. Examine the basic plot outline, characters, and themes in the first novel of the series, City of Bones. What is the basic history of Clary’s character in the previous novel? How are Shadowhunters defined in the first novel of the series? What other supernatural creatures are defined or described in...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Reading: Literature RL.9-10.10, 11-12.3, 11-12.10
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.7, 11-12.7
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